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* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets TheItalianJob2003 meets OceansEleven.
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* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets TheItalianJob2003 ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'' meets OceansEleven.''Film/OceansEleven''.
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* ''VideoGame/BeyondOasis'': ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' meets ''Literature/ArabianNights''
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** Actually, it is the racing version of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' with [[CreatorProvincialism Japanese carmakers and tuners]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld joining the racing fray]].
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* ''VideoGame/LostDimension'' is ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''.
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** ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''CaptainAmerica'' by way of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
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* ''VideoGame/TheFlameInTheFlood'' is ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' meets ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''Film/ABoyAndHisDog''.
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* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'' is ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' meets ''Film/{{Backdraft}}''.
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** The plot of VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI is {{Inception}} meets {{Kingdom of Heaven}}.
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** The plot of VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' is {{Inception}} ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets {{Kingdom of Heaven}}.''Film/KingdomOfHeaven''.
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* ''KingdomHearts'' is [[CrossOver quite literally]] ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
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** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'' is ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' with the tone and setting of ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons''.
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* "VideoGame/TheDivision" is "ComicBook/DMZ" with an [[ThePlague epidemic]] and the player as [[RoleReversal one of the comics many armed secretive US government antagonists.]]
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** ''KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' is Kingdom Hearts meets ''MegaManBattleNetwork''.
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** ''KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' is Kingdom Hearts ''Kingdom Hearts'' meets ''MegaManBattleNetwork''.''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork''.
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* ''{{Homefront}}'' is ''Film/RedDawn1984'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''HotelDuskRoom215'' is ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' meets ''Professor Layton''.
* ''HotelDuskRoom215'' is ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' meets ''Professor Layton''.
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* ''{{Homefront}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Homefront}}'' is ''Film/RedDawn1984'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
*''HotelDuskRoom215'' ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215'' is ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' meets ''Professor Layton''.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''TacticsOgre''.
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* ''Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles'' is ''[[{{Disney/TreasurePlanet}} Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon]]'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Jamestown}}'' meets ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
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* ''Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles'' is ''[[{{Disney/TreasurePlanet}} Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon]]'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Jamestown}}'' ''VideoGame/JamestownLegendOfTheLostColony'' meets ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
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* ''Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles'' is ''[[{{Disney/TreasurePlanet}} Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon]]'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Jamestown}}'' meets ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}'' is ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
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* ''VideoGame/FearEquation'' is the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{Deadnaut}}'', the setting of ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}'', and the supernatural side of ''Film/TheFog''.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}'' is ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' meets ''Film/TheyLive'' with a little bit of ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Film/TheRunningMan'', and ''Film/{{Alien}}'' thrown in.
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* ''Chunithm'' is ''[[Franchise/{{Bemani}} Keyboardmania]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex''.
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* ''CROSS×BEATS'' is ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' with ''VideoGame/{{DanceDanceRevolution}}''[='=]s former musicians.
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** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5}}: Alliance of Vengeance'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''.
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** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5}}: Alliance of Vengeance'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''.''Manga/FairyTail'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' in it.
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* ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets ''VideoGame/Populous''.
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* ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets Christianity.
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* ''[[VideoGame/AkibasTrip Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed]]'' is ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' meets ''[[VideoGame/RyuGaGotoku Yakuza]]'' meets ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
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* ''[[VideoGame/AkibasTrip Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed]]'' is ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' meets ''[[VideoGame/RyuGaGotoku Yakuza]]'' ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}}'' meets ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
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** Alternatively it's ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''.
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** The ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
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* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' meets ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''ClashOfTheTitans''.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkSeed 2'' is ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' meets ''Film/TheRoom''.
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* ''1... 2... 3... KICK IT! Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby'' is ''VideoGame/AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAAARecklessDisregardForGravity'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}''
* ''VideoGame/OneThousandAndOneSpikes'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/MeatBoy'' and ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.
* ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'' can be described as ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets Toys/{{LEGO}} meets ''VideoGame/GinormoSword''.
* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series could be described as "a {{Shounen}} series written by John Grisham".
** ''Music/{{Brentalfloss}}'' [[http://youtu.be/hSyYps8xJfs says]] it's a comedy of errors with the violence of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AcesWildManicBrawlingAction'' is ''Scott Pilgrim'' ([[{{Comic/ScottPilgrim}} In terms]] [[{{Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld}} of any]] [[{{VideoGame/ScottPilgrim}} version]]), with the [[HighAltitudeBattle High Altitude Battles]] of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', and a scoring system similar to ''VideoGame/GodHand''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Braid}}''
* ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets Christianity.
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G. II]]'' is ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' meets ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses''.
* ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'' is ''Film/TopGun'' meets ''Franchise/{{Macross}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AfterfallInsanity'' is ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' is ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''.
** ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' is ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' Meets ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite''.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''.
** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' is ''MasterOfMagic'' meets ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic''.
* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
* ''[[VideoGame/AkibasTrip Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed]]'' is ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' meets ''[[VideoGame/RyuGaGotoku Yakuza]]'' meets ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AlienStorm'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe''.
* ''Franchise/AliensVsPredator'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}} ODST''.
* ''Amazing Island''. Some critic described on the back of the games case that it was like ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''MarioParty''.
* ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PapoAndYo''.
* ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' = ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': ''VideoGame/MarioParty Edition'' featuring ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* ''Angry Birds Space'' is ''Angry Birds'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
** ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' itself is ''Crush the Castle'' meets a bright, sugary art style.
** SpinOff ''Angry Birds Stella POP!'' is ''Bubble Witch Saga 2'' meets ''Angry Birds Stella''.
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' is ''Franchise/SylvanianFamilies'' meets ''VideoGame/TheSims''.
* ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory'' was described by its author as ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}}'', though ''VideoGame/{{Seiklus}}'' meets ''Jumper'' is also feasible.
* ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved'' is ''VideoGame/DayZ'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheStompingLand''
* ''[[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Art of Fighting]]'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'', meets ''Film/RumbleInTheBronx''.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' is ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' meets AncientConspiracy.
** The plot of VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI is {{Inception}} meets {{Kingdom of Heaven}}.
** VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''.
** VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag is ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' meets ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Astebreed}}'' can be seen as ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/AlltynexSecond''.
** Or ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders''.
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is basically ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''VideoGame/GodHand'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets [[RatedMForManly A bunch of Steroids and Testosterone Growth hormone]]. ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' ([[{{Crossover}} Literally]]) and some more ''SuperRobotGenre'' (Via DLC) are in it as well.
* ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' is ''RockBand'' meets ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}'' meets ''[[TRONLines TRON]] [[Film/TRONLegacy Legacy]]'' meets a Media Player Visualization.
* ''[[VideoGame/Aurora4X Aurora]]'' is a mix of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', ''War in the Pacific'', ''VideoGame/SpaceEmpires'' and every complex strategy game you can think of.
* ''VideoGame/{{Awesomenauts}}'' is ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', with a liberal dash of [[Main/SaturdayMorningCartoon 80's cartoons]] mixed in.
* ''Axel's Magic Hammer'' is ''VideoGame/AlexKidd in Miracle World'' meets ''VideoGame/RickDangerous''.
* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/PsychicForce''.
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' is MLB/MLS/NBA/NFL/NHL meets ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]''-esque characters.
* ''VideoGame/BadRatsTheRatsRevenge'' is ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine'' meets ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' with a bit of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' thrown in.
* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'' as imagined by Creator/RoaldDahl.
* ''TheBannerSaga'' is Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire meets VideoGame/TheOregonTrail and TheKingOfDragonPass.
* ''[[VideoGame/BanzaiPecan BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century]]'' can be described as ''VideoGame/GodHand'' in the form of ''VideoGame/KungFuMaster'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', with a kick of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/DevilMayCry''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' is a cross between ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' and ''Contra''. For one thing, it's a beat-em-up like Double Dragon, and the Toads' helicopter resembles the one from Conta.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is what you get when you mix ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' with ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe''.
** Alternatively, ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
* ''VideoGame/BeatHazard'' is ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceWar''.
* ''Music/TheBeatles'': ''RockBand'' is ''Rock Band'' meets ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.
* ''VideoGame/BeyondTheBeyond'' is 1/3 ''VideoGame/ShiningForce'', and 2/3 ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.[[note]]the ''Shining Force''connection is that both games were developed by Camelot Software Planning, and ''Beyond'' uses a basic version of ''Shining''[='=]s PrestigeClass system.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' is ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''.
* ''BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg'' is ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' with a heaping helping of CluckingFunny.
* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'' meets {{roguelike}}s.
* ''VideoGame/BionicDues'' takes the bitesize nature of ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', the story of ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', the HumongousMecha strategy aspect of ''VideoGame/MechCommander'', and the customisation of ''VideoGame/GratuitousSpaceBattles''.
* ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP BEAT]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' meets ''Rez''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP CORE]]'' is ''VideoGame/MissileCommand'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP VOID]]'' is ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' as a BulletHell.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP RUNNER]]'' is ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP FATE]]'' is ''{{VideoGame/Rez}}'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP FLUX]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' meets a hefty dose of {{Symbolism}}.
** The series' spin-off game, "[[ColonCancer BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien]]", is the regular BIT.TRIP RUNNER meets Saturday morning cartoons.
* ''Blast Works'' is ''Darius'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.
** And ''Katamari'' itself is ''Bubbles'' (1982 arcade game by Williams) meets the brightly-colored collect-fests of the fifth console generation.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' meets ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
** Or ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''.
* ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' is ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodstorm}}'' is ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
* ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. Alternatively, it's ''Tekken'' meets ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Blur}}'' is ''Project Gotham Racing'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKart''. Makes sense, since ''Blur'' and ''PGR'' are both from [[http://kotaku.com/tag/bizarrecreations/ Bizarre Creations.]]
* ''VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell'' (and the sequel, ''White Gold: War in Paradise'') is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* Gearbox Studios pitched ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' as "''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''".
* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''[[spoiler:Film/GroundhogDay]]''.
* ''VideoGame/BroForce'' is ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' meets ''Film/TheExpendables'' meets ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'', with a lives system similar to ''VideoGame/AliensInfestation''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' is ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' meets ''VideoGame/MadWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/CarriesOrderUp'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tapper}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
* ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'': ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'' meets Website/{{Newgrounds}}.
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' can be described as ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'', with artwork by the artist of ''Manga/DeathNote''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' could be ''Castlevania'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' is most certainly ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' is ''VideoGame/{{Cadash}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Super Metroid]]''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' meets ''Theatre/SwanLake'' or ''Film/BlackSwan''
** [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]] described the game's puzzle-platforming dream sequences as "Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet meets VideoGame/QBert".
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is NintendoHard 8-bit platformers meets ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'', with a touch of ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' and ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster''.
** or ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' meets ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood''.
* ''VideoGame/ChimeraBeast'' is [[Characters/Warhammer40000Tyranids Tyranids]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Gaiares}}''. Or ''VideoGame/RType'' meets the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos''
* ''VideoGame/ChromaSquad'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', with a pinch of ''Franchise/KamenRider'' on the side.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* ''VideoGame/ClockworkEmpires'' is the gameplay of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' and the setting of ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'' meets ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth''.
* ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'' is ''Literature/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets comic books, with a bit of stealth and ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' {{Guest Fighters}} as well.
* ''VideoGame/ComicJumper'' is ''VideoGame/ComixZone'' meets ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars'' is ''G.I. Joe'' fighting COBRA, when all of a sudden a third faction shows up that happens to be a AlienInvasion force.
* ''VideoGame/Conception2ChildrenOfTheSevenStars'' is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SakuraTaisen''.
* ''Confidential Mission'' is ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop'' meets ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Film/MissionImpossible''.
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* [[{{Website/TheEscapist}} The Escapist]]'s review of ''{{VideoGame/Consortium}}'' described the game by saying, "you're left wondering who mixed the ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' chocolate with your ''[[VideoGame/TheStanleyParable Stanley Parable]]'' peanut butter".
* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' = ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' + ''Film/{{Commando}}'' + ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII''[[note]]While the series is also associated with ''Film/{{Predator}}'' thanks to Bob Wakelin's cover artwork for the NES version (who used promotional stills from ''Predator'' for reference), the original ''Contra'' arcade game actually predates ''Predator'' by four months.[[/note]]
** ''[[DolledUpInstallment Contra Force]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' ([[RecycledINSPACE in the modern day]]) with the power-up system from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''.
** ''[[{{Bowdlerise}} Probotector]] is ''Contra meets ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM robotization]]''.
* ''VideoGame/CookServeDelicious'' is ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', with twice the speed and pressure.
* ''VideoGame/CopyKitty'' is ''VideoGame/BangaiO'' (target-based mission) meets ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' and ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' (weapon combining) meets ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Mega Man Network Transmission]]'' (graphical style and the cyberspace setting).
* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/273110 Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies]]'':
** Zombie Scenario mode is ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
** Zombie Shelter mode is ''Counter-Strike'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}''.
* ''Cratermaze'' is ''Heiankyo Alien'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/LodeRunner''.
* ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies'' is DieselPunk meets ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow''.
* ''VideoGame/CrimzonClover'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Force''.
* ''VideoGame/CrossyRoad'' is ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FlappyBird''.
* ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Culdcept}}'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' with elements of ''MagicTheGathering''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies''
* ''VideoGame/CuteThingsDyingViolently'' is ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}.''
* ''VideoGame/{{Cytus}}'' is ''VideoGame/DJMAXTechnika'' turned 90 degrees with the music of the ''BMS of Fighters'' series of ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX'' simfiles.
* ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' is ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' meets ''Franchise/AceAttorney''.
** Or ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' meets ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''.
* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' is ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
** Alternatively, it's also ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets TheDevil.
* The ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' series itself is like ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', and the second game adds ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' to the mix.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dark Escape 4D}}'' is ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSeed 2'' is ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' meets ''Film/TheRoom''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' is ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', starring [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse The Horseman of War]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' with characters based on the monsters from the Franchise/UniversalHorror movies.
* ''Day of Defeat: Source'' is ''VideoGame/{{Counter-Strike}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** Or simply ''Counter-Strike'' meets UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'': ''TwinPeaks'' meets ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', with a dash of ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' is ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''
* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' is the premise of ''[[VideoGame/SystemShock System Shock 2]]'' with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', but heavily inspired by ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/EventHorizon''.
* ''VideoGame/DeathToSpies'' is ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Commandos}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' and ''VideoGame/DOTA2'' are ''Aeon of Strife'' meets ''[[VideoGame/Warcraft Warcraft 3]]''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' is ''Anime/TheBigO'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft.
* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' is ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is ''Franchise/MassEffect'' meets ''Franchise/MetalGear'', at least in terms of gameplay. Visually, it's like ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance.
** [[VideoGame/DeusEx The original]] is ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix''.
* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}''
* ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' is ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' meets ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.
* ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' and it's sequel are ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
** ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis3'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' in general is ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''.
** ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
** ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2 Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness]]'' is ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' minus the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets TheBusCameBack.
** ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' is ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'' is ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer''.
** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5}}: Alliance of Vengeance'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' has been described as ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/BioShock''.
** It has also been described as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkMessiah''.
** It also has strong undercurrents of an Creator/HPLovecraft style CosmicHorrorStory in its LowFantasy setting.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' is Disney meets ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' meets ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
* ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}} Technika'' is ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lumines}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' is ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' as filtered through ''Film/{{Blade}}'' or ''Film/{{Underworld}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' is ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioParty''.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU''.
*** Since the reveal of Cranky Kong as a character with his pogo cane, ''Tropical Freeze'' has been called ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/DuckTales''.
* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' is described by authors as "Creator/TimBurton meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''".
* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' was once [[WordOfGod described by John Carmack as]] ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Film/EvilDead2''.
** ''VideoGame/DoomTheRoguelike'' is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as one might expect from the title]] ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}''
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is ''BaldursGate'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' with a little bit of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', and medieval Christianity thrown in for good measure.
* ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' is ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokaiTenkaichi'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'' meets ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z''
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' with a touch of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' is ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' meets ''{{Manga/Berserk}}''. Gameplay-Wise, it's ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon''.
* ''DrawnToLife'' is ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.
* ''Driv3r'' is ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''. An interesting case, see also ''GTA III'''s own entry.
* ''Videogame/DriverSanFrancisco'' is basically ''Videogame/{{Driver}}'' meets ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
* ''VideoGame/DrMario'' is ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DroxOperative'' is ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
* [[{{Creator/TheCynicalBrit}} TotalBiscuit]] describes ''VideoGame/DuckGame'' as, "A cross between ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', ''VideoGame/{{Towerfall}}'', and ''[[{{VideoGame/SuperSmashBros}} Smash Bros]]'' with online multiplayer and [[TauntButton a dedicated quack button]]"
* ''VideoGame/{{Duskers}}'' is the "remotely guiding an expendable team through abandoned facilities full of monsters" aspect of ''VideoGame/{{Deadnaut}}'' mixed with the named node-based movement of ''VideoGame/ThereCameAnEcho'', and the command-prompt mechanic of games like ''VideoGame/HackerEvolution''.
* ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' meets ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', or [[VideoGame/{{Claw}} Captain Claw]] meets ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' is described on ThisVeryWiki as something that "Plays like a dizzyingly complex hybrid of ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' and ''VideoGame/TheSims'', [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs if all your little people were manic-depressive alcoholics]].
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors: Strikeforce'' is ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* People have said that the horror game ''Dying Light'' is "''VideoGame/DeadIsland'' meets ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''."
* Video game reviewer [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] describes ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' as "a cross between the Franchise/CthulhuMythos and ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]''."
** ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' could also be seen as ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'', with some ''WesternAnimation/{{Gravity Falls}}'' thrown in for extra [[MindScrew Weirdness]]
* ''Eets'' is loosely summed up as ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''TheIncredibleMachine''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Eldritch}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' mixed with ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''.
* ''VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest'' is ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'' is ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''[[note]]top-down TwoDSpace[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}''[[note]]WideOpenSandbox space simulator[[/note]].
* ''ESWAT'' is ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' meets ''Franchise/RoboCop''.
* First-person adventure game ''VideoGame/EtherOne'' is ''{{VideoGame/Myst}}'' meets ''{{Literature/Paprika}}''.
** Alternatively, ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' in the style of ''VideoGame/DearEsther''.
* ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' is a toned-down version of ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''[='=]s weapon system meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Salamander]]''[='=]s [[GameplayRoulette perspective changing]] in an attempt to stop ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' from [[AIIsACrapshoot happening]].
* ''VisualNovel/EverlastingSummer'' is ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' meets ''Film/{{Inception}}'' on the set of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome,_or_No_Trespassing Welcome, or No Trespassing]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''.
** Or maybe it's ''VideoGame/{{Cocoron}}'' meets ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.
* ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' meets ''Film/JamesBond''
* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' is ''Literature/ShutterIsland'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
** Or ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
* ''{{VideoGame/Evolve}}'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/{{Predator}}''
* ''[=EZ2Dancer=]'' is ''Dance [=ManiaX=]'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
** ''Techno Motion'' is ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' meets ''Pump It Up''. [[MemeticMutation KONAMI AND ANDAMIRO WILL SUE.]]
** ''Pump It Up Pro'' is ''VideoGame/InTheGroove'' meets ''Pump It Up''.
* ''Fairytale Fights'': ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' meets ''{{Hoodwinked}}'' as seen through ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''-colored filters.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' francise is ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}''.
** Starting from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' it became ''Mad Max'' meets ''Pleasantville'' with elements of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''.
* ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing.''
* ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' is ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' meets ''Series/ManVsWild'' meets ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''.
** ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' is ''Far Cry 3'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator'' meets ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', with laser-shooting dinosaurs.
* ''VideoGame/FarmingSimulator'': ''Farm Tycoon'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Farmville}}'': ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' meets ''Website/{{Facebook}}''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' = ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' + ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsAKing'' = ''Crystal Chronicles'' + ''VideoGame/DarkCloud''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''TacticsOgre''.
** And in terms of plot and feel it's ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' meets EatPrayLove.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' is ''{{VideoGame/Xenoblade}}'' with a car, according to {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}.
* The ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'' series is essentially ''Film/HardBoiled'' meets ''Film/TheRing'' meets ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied''. Each game in the franchise has its own unique elements as well:
** The original ''F.E.A.R.'' is ''Film/DieHard'' meets the above.
** ''F.E.A.R. 2'' is ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets the above, being the most firmly sci-fi esque game in the series.
** ''F.3.A.R.'' is ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' meets the above.
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' is ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' meets ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'' [[RecycledINSPACE in a]] SuckECheeses.
** Gameplay wise, it's ''Granny's Footsteps'' meets ''Night Trap'' with ''[[CreepyPasta The Strangest Security Tape I've Ever Seen]]'' as a FramingDevice.
* ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' described ''VideoGame/FossilFighters'' as ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
* First person exploration-based puzzle game ''FRACT OSC'' is ''{{VideoGame/Myst}}'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Rez}}''.
* ''VideoGame/FragileDreamsFarewellRuinsOfTheMoon'' is ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill''
* ''Free Realms'': ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Neopets}}''
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' can easily be described if Creator/{{Treasure}} made a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' title.
** In particular: ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' meets ''[[VideoGame/GunstarHeroes Gunstar Super Heroes]]''
** Not unlike ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', which is a mish-mash of tropes from Nintendo games, ''Freedom Planet'' is a mish-mash of tropes from UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis games, such as the ''Sonic'' games, ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy'', ''VideoGame/RocketKnightAdventures'', and ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}''.
* ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'': ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''
* ''[=F1 Race Stars=]'' is ''MarioKart'' meets UsefulNotes/FormulaOne.
* ''Gaist Crusher'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
* ''Gan Gan Ganchan'' is ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}'' meets the MazeGame genre.
* ''Gate of Thunder'' is ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' (without the Engrish).
* ''VideoGame/{{GeNeSis}}'' is totally ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', on a Flash game!
* ''VideoGame/{{Genocide}}'' is ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken'' meets ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier'' is essentially ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' with the plot of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''VideoGame/GiantsCitizenKabuto'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WaveRace'' meets the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' meets ''{{Rampage}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' meets ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/DevilMayCry''.
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' meets ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''ClashOfTheTitans''.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' is ''VidoeGame/DoubleDragon'' meets ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian''
** ''Ax Battler: A Golden Axe Legend'' is ''Golden Axe'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun's'' gameplay is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. The story is ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' meets ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology''.
* ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' is ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} NEO'' is ''Life Force/Salamander'' with the weapon system from ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''...[-[[RecycledInSpace FOR THE MOBILE PHONES!]]-]
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} V'' is ''Life Force/Salamander'' meets ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' or ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''.
** Or perhaps ''Gradius NEO'' revamped by the [[{{Creator/Treasure}} same developers]] of ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' or ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars'' is ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'' meets ''crime''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' is ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets TheItalianJob2003 meets OceansEleven.
** The plot feels like the film ''Film/{{Heat}}'' as done by the creators of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' is ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' meets ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer''.
* ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' can be described as FilmNoir meets the Dia de los Muertos.
* ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'' is ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter''
* ''{{VideoGame/Guacamelee}}'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha''
* ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes'' is ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' meets ''VideoGame/MadStalkerFullMetalForce'' with the chaotic action of Capcom's ''[[VideoGame/AlienVsPredatorCapcom Alien vs. Predator]]'' arcade game while taking notes from their ''[[VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsChroniclesOfMystara Dungeon & Dragons]]'' beat 'em ups.
* ''VideoGame/TheGuardianLegend'' is ''VideoGame/{{Aleste}}'' meets ''Golvellius''.
* ''VideoGame/TheGuidedFateParadox'' is ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' meets VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'': Creator/{{Harmonix}} has openly stated that GH is equal parts ''VideoGame/GuitarFreaks'' (concept and peripherals), ''VideoGame/{{Frequency}}'' (game play) and ''VideoGame/KaraokeRevolution'' (visual presentation).
** ''videoGame/GuitarHeroLive'' is ''Guitar Hero'' meets Creator/{{MTV}} (GHTV) and [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems the Sega CD]] (GH Live).
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}} Battle Assault'' is ''Gundam'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' or ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
* ''{{VideoGame/Gunpoint}}'' is ''VideoGame/TheArtOfTheft'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', with ''VideoGame/MarkOfTheNinja'' and ''Franchise/MetalGear'' trying to sneak around the side, and a side order of ''Film/ChinaTown''.
* ''Gyromancer'' is ''Final Fantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}} Twist''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gyruss}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tempest}}''.
** ''[[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html Torus Trooper]]'' is ''Gyruss'' meets ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}''.
* ''[[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games .hack//]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' meets German poetry.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''CaptainAmerica'' by way of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
** Video game Historian/analyst Kieth Fienstien on CNBC described ''Halo'' as ''Franchise/RoboCop'', with Colonial Marines from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', meets ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', with a ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''/''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' subplot.
** Let's not forget ''{{Ringworld}}'', the most obvious one of all for those familiar with it.
* ''VideoGame/HappyWars'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonDefenders'' meets ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers''.
* ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'' is ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' meets ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
* ''Heart of Darkness'' is ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'' meets ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' is ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}''.
* [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOfTaSDW-zs&hd=1 described]] ''VideoGame/HellYeahWrathOfTheDeadRabbit'' as ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' meets ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''.
* ''Series/HellsKitchen'' for the NintendoWii: ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/DinerDash'' meets a looming CGI Gordon Ramsay.
* ''VideoGame/{{Heretic}}'' is basically ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''.
* ''Herobank'' is what you get if ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork'' meets ''Anime/CControl'' with the latter [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on it's meds]].
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' literally came about when New World Computing combined ''VideoGame/KingsBounty'' with ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''.
* ''{{Homefront}}'' is ''Film/RedDawn1984'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''HotelDuskRoom215'' is ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' meets ''Professor Layton''.
** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney'' literally ''is'' Ace Attorney meets Professor Layton.
* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' is the original ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets the mind-screwy side of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''.
** ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' is the original game meets ''Film/PulpFiction''.
* ''[[VideoGame/HotaruNoNikkiTheFireflyDiary htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''. Altenatively, it's Creator/NipponIchi meets IndieGame.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheTowerOfDruaga''.
* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' is, as the name implies, ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''.
** In terms of plot, WordOfGod says it's "''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Film/TheAvengers2012''".
* ''VideoGame/IAmAlive'' is Film/CliffHanger (in a city) meets ''Film/TheRoad''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ibara}}'' is ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Do|nPachi}}DonPachi dai ou jou''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' = ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' + ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage''.
* ''{{Incredipede}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}''
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' is ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' (The soccer setting) meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' (The RPG elements), with the art style from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'', with a similar artstyle to ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'' is ''{{VideoGame/Dota 2}}'' meets the DCUniverse.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ingress}}'' is Website/{{Google}} Maps meets ''TabletopGame/{{Go}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc'' is ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' meets ''{{XCOM}}''.
* The marketing blurbs for ''VideoGame/ImmortalSouls'' describe it as ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', which is close enough for government work.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ironcast}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''VideoGame/BionicDues'' in the style of ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' is ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' meets ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'' is basically ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''.
** And ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' is ''Jak II'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Motorstorm}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Turrican}}''. Indeed, it was inspired by those two games.
* ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' is ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''.
* ''Jewelry Master'' is ''Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* ''Jongbou'', by Creator/{{SNK}}, is ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}}''.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Jump S|uperStars}}tars'' series is ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''Magazine/ShonenJump''.
** Add ''SSB'' to ''Franchise/{{Onimusha}}'' and you get ''VideoGame/OnimushaBladeWarriors''.
** Do the same to ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' to get ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesSmashUp''.
** Mix some ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' and ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' to ''Smash Bros'' and you have ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl's]]'' Subspace Emissary.
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
* ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' is ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' meets ''{{Mercenaries}}'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto,'' thoroughly marinated in RuleOfCool, awesomeness, and an awful lot of StuffBlowingUp.
* ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' is ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Silent Hunter| Series}}'' meets ''Jane's Fleet Command''.
* ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo: Round 2'' is ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}'' with some elements borrowed from ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/KentuckyRouteZero'' is ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' if the Antebellum America motif was jumped forward to a [[TheGreatDepression Great Depression]] motif, those classic cartoon homages were instead homages to 1950s American theater set designs, and the conceit was purgatory as a metaphor for debt instead of purgatory as a metaphor for insecurities.
** ''Or'' It's just [[AdventureGame Adventure Games]] meets {{Main/Theater}}.
* ''VideoGame/KickleCubicle'' is ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfLolo'' meets ''Pengo''.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' is either ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' as written by ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Rick Riordan.]]'', or ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor''[[note]]Air Battle segments[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/SeriousSam''[[note]]Land Battle segments[[/note]] meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''[[note]]Weapon fusion[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''
* ''KingdomHearts'' is [[CrossOver quite literally]] ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
** Alternatively it's ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''.
** On that note, ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' is ''Disney/MickeyMouse'' meets VideoGame/DeusEx and VideoGame/SystemShock.
** ''KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' is Kingdom Hearts meets ''MegaManBattleNetwork''.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' is ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' meets ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}''
* ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' is ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
* ''[[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Kirby]]''
** ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'' is ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|1}}'' meets ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''.
** ''Kirby'' + ''Line Rider'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse''
** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' + ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'' = ''Kirby's Epic Yarn''
** ''Kirby & the Amazing Mirror'' + ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'' + ''Franchise/{{Pikmin}}'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''
* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' is ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' meets ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Based on the division of players into two sides (one "light" but not good, and one dark yet not "evil") that were at war, but have an unstable treaty...
* ''VideoGame/{{Knytt}}'' is ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''VideoGame/{{ICO}}''.
** ''VideoGame/KnyttStories'' is ''VideoGame/{{Knytt}}'' with the atmosphere and flora (and ring world, in the case of ''A Strange Dream'') of ''{{Creatures}}''.
* ''Film/KungFury The Game'' is ''VideoGame/OneFingerDeathPunch'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''.
* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/KnightmareIITheMazeOfGalious''.
* ''VideoGame/LANoire'' is ''Film/LAConfidential'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' is ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''.
* ''[[VideoGame/DanballSenki LBX: Little Battlers eXperience]]'' is ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' meets ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' meets ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''.
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' is ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' meets ''Dracula'' meets ''Shakespeare'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''
* ''VideoGame/LegendaryWings'' is ''VideoGame/{{Xevious}}'' meets ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''.
* ''VideoGame/LegendOfLegaia'' is ''VideoGame/WildArms'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDarkWitch'' is, gameplay-wise, ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' is ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'', with a dose of ''Film/TheMask''. Or ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
*** Or ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Main/GermanExpressionism''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is Zelda with some ''Manga/OnePiece'' elements.
** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' is ''The Legend Of Zelda'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast meets ComicBook/{{Shazam}}.
* ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers 3'' is ''Police 911'' (or ''TimeCrisis'') meets ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune''. To be fair, it's a DolledUpInstallment.
* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/250050/ Life Goes On]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.
* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' is ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' meets ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/GoneHome'', with a dash of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' added in.
* ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' is ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''.
* ''VideoGame/LittleInferno'' is ''Yule Log'' meets ''Amazon Prime''.
* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' is ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}}''
* ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'' is ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
* ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival'' is ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'' meets ''maimai'' but only as a half-circle.
* ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}'' is ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' meets lo-res computer graphics.
* ''{{Lumines}}'' is ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' meets ''Rez''.
** Or ''Planet Puzzle League'' meets ''Beatmania''.
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* ''1... 2... 3... KICK IT! Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby'' is ''VideoGame/AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAAARecklessDisregardForGravity'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}''
* ''VideoGame/OneThousandAndOneSpikes'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/MeatBoy'' and ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.
* ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'' can be described as ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets Toys/{{LEGO}} meets ''VideoGame/GinormoSword''.
* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series could be described as "a {{Shounen}} series written by John Grisham".
** ''Music/{{Brentalfloss}}'' [[http://youtu.be/hSyYps8xJfs says]] it's a comedy of errors with the violence of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AcesWildManicBrawlingAction'' is ''Scott Pilgrim'' ([[{{Comic/ScottPilgrim}} In terms]] [[{{Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld}} of any]] [[{{VideoGame/ScottPilgrim}} version]]), with the [[HighAltitudeBattle High Altitude Battles]] of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', and a scoring system similar to ''VideoGame/GodHand''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Braid}}''
* ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets Christianity.
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G. II]]'' is ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' meets ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses''.
* ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'' is ''Film/TopGun'' meets ''Franchise/{{Macross}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AfterfallInsanity'' is ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' is ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''.
** ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' is ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' Meets ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite''.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''.
** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' is ''MasterOfMagic'' meets ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic''.
* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
* ''[[VideoGame/AkibasTrip Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed]]'' is ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' meets ''[[VideoGame/RyuGaGotoku Yakuza]]'' meets ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AlienStorm'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe''.
* ''Franchise/AliensVsPredator'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}} ODST''.
* ''Amazing Island''. Some critic described on the back of the games case that it was like ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''MarioParty''.
* ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PapoAndYo''.
* ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' = ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': ''VideoGame/MarioParty Edition'' featuring ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* ''Angry Birds Space'' is ''Angry Birds'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
** ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' itself is ''Crush the Castle'' meets a bright, sugary art style.
** SpinOff ''Angry Birds Stella POP!'' is ''Bubble Witch Saga 2'' meets ''Angry Birds Stella''.
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' is ''Franchise/SylvanianFamilies'' meets ''VideoGame/TheSims''.
* ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory'' was described by its author as ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}}'', though ''VideoGame/{{Seiklus}}'' meets ''Jumper'' is also feasible.
* ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved'' is ''VideoGame/DayZ'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheStompingLand''
* ''[[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Art of Fighting]]'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'', meets ''Film/RumbleInTheBronx''.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' is ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' meets AncientConspiracy.
** The plot of VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI is {{Inception}} meets {{Kingdom of Heaven}}.
** VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''.
** VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag is ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' meets ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Astebreed}}'' can be seen as ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/AlltynexSecond''.
** Or ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders''.
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is basically ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''VideoGame/GodHand'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets [[RatedMForManly A bunch of Steroids and Testosterone Growth hormone]]. ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' ([[{{Crossover}} Literally]]) and some more ''SuperRobotGenre'' (Via DLC) are in it as well.
* ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' is ''RockBand'' meets ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}'' meets ''[[TRONLines TRON]] [[Film/TRONLegacy Legacy]]'' meets a Media Player Visualization.
* ''[[VideoGame/Aurora4X Aurora]]'' is a mix of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', ''War in the Pacific'', ''VideoGame/SpaceEmpires'' and every complex strategy game you can think of.
* ''VideoGame/{{Awesomenauts}}'' is ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', with a liberal dash of [[Main/SaturdayMorningCartoon 80's cartoons]] mixed in.
* ''Axel's Magic Hammer'' is ''VideoGame/AlexKidd in Miracle World'' meets ''VideoGame/RickDangerous''.
* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/PsychicForce''.
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' is MLB/MLS/NBA/NFL/NHL meets ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]''-esque characters.
* ''VideoGame/BadRatsTheRatsRevenge'' is ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine'' meets ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' with a bit of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' thrown in.
* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'' as imagined by Creator/RoaldDahl.
* ''TheBannerSaga'' is Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire meets VideoGame/TheOregonTrail and TheKingOfDragonPass.
* ''[[VideoGame/BanzaiPecan BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century]]'' can be described as ''VideoGame/GodHand'' in the form of ''VideoGame/KungFuMaster'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', with a kick of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/DevilMayCry''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' is a cross between ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' and ''Contra''. For one thing, it's a beat-em-up like Double Dragon, and the Toads' helicopter resembles the one from Conta.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is what you get when you mix ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' with ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe''.
** Alternatively, ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
* ''VideoGame/BeatHazard'' is ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceWar''.
* ''Music/TheBeatles'': ''RockBand'' is ''Rock Band'' meets ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.
* ''VideoGame/BeyondTheBeyond'' is 1/3 ''VideoGame/ShiningForce'', and 2/3 ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.[[note]]the ''Shining Force''connection is that both games were developed by Camelot Software Planning, and ''Beyond'' uses a basic version of ''Shining''[='=]s PrestigeClass system.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' is ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''.
* ''BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg'' is ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' with a heaping helping of CluckingFunny.
* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'' meets {{roguelike}}s.
* ''VideoGame/BionicDues'' takes the bitesize nature of ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', the story of ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', the HumongousMecha strategy aspect of ''VideoGame/MechCommander'', and the customisation of ''VideoGame/GratuitousSpaceBattles''.
* ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP BEAT]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' meets ''Rez''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP CORE]]'' is ''VideoGame/MissileCommand'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP VOID]]'' is ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' as a BulletHell.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP RUNNER]]'' is ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP FATE]]'' is ''{{VideoGame/Rez}}'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP FLUX]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' meets a hefty dose of {{Symbolism}}.
** The series' spin-off game, "[[ColonCancer BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien]]", is the regular BIT.TRIP RUNNER meets Saturday morning cartoons.
* ''Blast Works'' is ''Darius'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.
** And ''Katamari'' itself is ''Bubbles'' (1982 arcade game by Williams) meets the brightly-colored collect-fests of the fifth console generation.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' meets ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
** Or ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''.
* ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' is ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodstorm}}'' is ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
* ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. Alternatively, it's ''Tekken'' meets ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Blur}}'' is ''Project Gotham Racing'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKart''. Makes sense, since ''Blur'' and ''PGR'' are both from [[http://kotaku.com/tag/bizarrecreations/ Bizarre Creations.]]
* ''VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell'' (and the sequel, ''White Gold: War in Paradise'') is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* Gearbox Studios pitched ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' as "''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''".
* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''[[spoiler:Film/GroundhogDay]]''.
* ''VideoGame/BroForce'' is ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' meets ''Film/TheExpendables'' meets ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'', with a lives system similar to ''VideoGame/AliensInfestation''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' is ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' meets ''VideoGame/MadWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/CarriesOrderUp'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tapper}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
* ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'': ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'' meets Website/{{Newgrounds}}.
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' can be described as ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'', with artwork by the artist of ''Manga/DeathNote''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' could be ''Castlevania'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' is most certainly ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' is ''VideoGame/{{Cadash}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Super Metroid]]''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' meets ''Theatre/SwanLake'' or ''Film/BlackSwan''
** [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]] described the game's puzzle-platforming dream sequences as "Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet meets VideoGame/QBert".
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is NintendoHard 8-bit platformers meets ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'', with a touch of ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' and ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster''.
** or ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' meets ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood''.
* ''VideoGame/ChimeraBeast'' is [[Characters/Warhammer40000Tyranids Tyranids]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Gaiares}}''. Or ''VideoGame/RType'' meets the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos''
* ''VideoGame/ChromaSquad'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', with a pinch of ''Franchise/KamenRider'' on the side.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* ''VideoGame/ClockworkEmpires'' is the gameplay of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' and the setting of ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'' meets ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth''.
* ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'' is ''Literature/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets comic books, with a bit of stealth and ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' {{Guest Fighters}} as well.
* ''VideoGame/ComicJumper'' is ''VideoGame/ComixZone'' meets ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars'' is ''G.I. Joe'' fighting COBRA, when all of a sudden a third faction shows up that happens to be a AlienInvasion force.
* ''VideoGame/Conception2ChildrenOfTheSevenStars'' is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SakuraTaisen''.
* ''Confidential Mission'' is ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop'' meets ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Film/MissionImpossible''.
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* [[{{Website/TheEscapist}} The Escapist]]'s review of ''{{VideoGame/Consortium}}'' described the game by saying, "you're left wondering who mixed the ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' chocolate with your ''[[VideoGame/TheStanleyParable Stanley Parable]]'' peanut butter".
* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' = ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' + ''Film/{{Commando}}'' + ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII''[[note]]While the series is also associated with ''Film/{{Predator}}'' thanks to Bob Wakelin's cover artwork for the NES version (who used promotional stills from ''Predator'' for reference), the original ''Contra'' arcade game actually predates ''Predator'' by four months.[[/note]]
** ''[[DolledUpInstallment Contra Force]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' ([[RecycledINSPACE in the modern day]]) with the power-up system from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''.
** ''[[{{Bowdlerise}} Probotector]] is ''Contra meets ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM robotization]]''.
* ''VideoGame/CookServeDelicious'' is ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', with twice the speed and pressure.
* ''VideoGame/CopyKitty'' is ''VideoGame/BangaiO'' (target-based mission) meets ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' and ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' (weapon combining) meets ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Mega Man Network Transmission]]'' (graphical style and the cyberspace setting).
* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/273110 Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies]]'':
** Zombie Scenario mode is ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
** Zombie Shelter mode is ''Counter-Strike'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}''.
* ''Cratermaze'' is ''Heiankyo Alien'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/LodeRunner''.
* ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies'' is DieselPunk meets ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow''.
* ''VideoGame/CrimzonClover'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Force''.
* ''VideoGame/CrossyRoad'' is ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FlappyBird''.
* ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Culdcept}}'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' with elements of ''MagicTheGathering''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies''
* ''VideoGame/CuteThingsDyingViolently'' is ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}.''
* ''VideoGame/{{Cytus}}'' is ''VideoGame/DJMAXTechnika'' turned 90 degrees with the music of the ''BMS of Fighters'' series of ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX'' simfiles.
* ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' is ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' meets ''Franchise/AceAttorney''.
** Or ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' meets ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''.
* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' is ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
** Alternatively, it's also ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets TheDevil.
* The ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' series itself is like ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', and the second game adds ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' to the mix.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dark Escape 4D}}'' is ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSeed 2'' is ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' meets ''Film/TheRoom''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' is ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', starring [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse The Horseman of War]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' with characters based on the monsters from the Franchise/UniversalHorror movies.
* ''Day of Defeat: Source'' is ''VideoGame/{{Counter-Strike}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** Or simply ''Counter-Strike'' meets UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'': ''TwinPeaks'' meets ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', with a dash of ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' is ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''
* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' is the premise of ''[[VideoGame/SystemShock System Shock 2]]'' with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', but heavily inspired by ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/EventHorizon''.
* ''VideoGame/DeathToSpies'' is ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Commandos}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' and ''VideoGame/DOTA2'' are ''Aeon of Strife'' meets ''[[VideoGame/Warcraft Warcraft 3]]''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' is ''Anime/TheBigO'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft.
* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' is ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is ''Franchise/MassEffect'' meets ''Franchise/MetalGear'', at least in terms of gameplay. Visually, it's like ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance.
** [[VideoGame/DeusEx The original]] is ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix''.
* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}''
* ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' is ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' meets ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.
* ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' and it's sequel are ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
** ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis3'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' in general is ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''.
** ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
** ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2 Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness]]'' is ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' minus the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets TheBusCameBack.
** ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' is ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'' is ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer''.
** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5}}: Alliance of Vengeance'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' has been described as ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/BioShock''.
** It has also been described as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkMessiah''.
** It also has strong undercurrents of an Creator/HPLovecraft style CosmicHorrorStory in its LowFantasy setting.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' is Disney meets ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' meets ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
* ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}} Technika'' is ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lumines}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' is ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' as filtered through ''Film/{{Blade}}'' or ''Film/{{Underworld}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' is ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioParty''.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU''.
*** Since the reveal of Cranky Kong as a character with his pogo cane, ''Tropical Freeze'' has been called ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/DuckTales''.
* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' is described by authors as "Creator/TimBurton meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''".
* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' was once [[WordOfGod described by John Carmack as]] ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Film/EvilDead2''.
** ''VideoGame/DoomTheRoguelike'' is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as one might expect from the title]] ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}''
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is ''BaldursGate'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' with a little bit of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', and medieval Christianity thrown in for good measure.
* ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' is ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokaiTenkaichi'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'' meets ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z''
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' with a touch of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' is ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' meets ''{{Manga/Berserk}}''. Gameplay-Wise, it's ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon''.
* ''DrawnToLife'' is ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.
* ''Driv3r'' is ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''. An interesting case, see also ''GTA III'''s own entry.
* ''Videogame/DriverSanFrancisco'' is basically ''Videogame/{{Driver}}'' meets ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
* ''VideoGame/DrMario'' is ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DroxOperative'' is ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
* [[{{Creator/TheCynicalBrit}} TotalBiscuit]] describes ''VideoGame/DuckGame'' as, "A cross between ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', ''VideoGame/{{Towerfall}}'', and ''[[{{VideoGame/SuperSmashBros}} Smash Bros]]'' with online multiplayer and [[TauntButton a dedicated quack button]]"
* ''VideoGame/{{Duskers}}'' is the "remotely guiding an expendable team through abandoned facilities full of monsters" aspect of ''VideoGame/{{Deadnaut}}'' mixed with the named node-based movement of ''VideoGame/ThereCameAnEcho'', and the command-prompt mechanic of games like ''VideoGame/HackerEvolution''.
* ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' meets ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', or [[VideoGame/{{Claw}} Captain Claw]] meets ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' is described on ThisVeryWiki as something that "Plays like a dizzyingly complex hybrid of ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' and ''VideoGame/TheSims'', [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs if all your little people were manic-depressive alcoholics]].
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors: Strikeforce'' is ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* People have said that the horror game ''Dying Light'' is "''VideoGame/DeadIsland'' meets ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''."
* Video game reviewer [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] describes ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' as "a cross between the Franchise/CthulhuMythos and ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]''."
** ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' could also be seen as ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'', with some ''WesternAnimation/{{Gravity Falls}}'' thrown in for extra [[MindScrew Weirdness]]
* ''Eets'' is loosely summed up as ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''TheIncredibleMachine''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Eldritch}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' mixed with ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''.
* ''VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest'' is ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'' is ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''[[note]]top-down TwoDSpace[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}''[[note]]WideOpenSandbox space simulator[[/note]].
* ''ESWAT'' is ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' meets ''Franchise/RoboCop''.
* First-person adventure game ''VideoGame/EtherOne'' is ''{{VideoGame/Myst}}'' meets ''{{Literature/Paprika}}''.
** Alternatively, ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' in the style of ''VideoGame/DearEsther''.
* ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' is a toned-down version of ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''[='=]s weapon system meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Salamander]]''[='=]s [[GameplayRoulette perspective changing]] in an attempt to stop ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' from [[AIIsACrapshoot happening]].
* ''VisualNovel/EverlastingSummer'' is ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' meets ''Film/{{Inception}}'' on the set of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome,_or_No_Trespassing Welcome, or No Trespassing]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''.
** Or maybe it's ''VideoGame/{{Cocoron}}'' meets ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.
* ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' meets ''Film/JamesBond''
* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' is ''Literature/ShutterIsland'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
** Or ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
* ''{{VideoGame/Evolve}}'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/{{Predator}}''
* ''[=EZ2Dancer=]'' is ''Dance [=ManiaX=]'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
** ''Techno Motion'' is ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' meets ''Pump It Up''. [[MemeticMutation KONAMI AND ANDAMIRO WILL SUE.]]
** ''Pump It Up Pro'' is ''VideoGame/InTheGroove'' meets ''Pump It Up''.
* ''Fairytale Fights'': ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' meets ''{{Hoodwinked}}'' as seen through ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''-colored filters.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' francise is ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}''.
** Starting from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' it became ''Mad Max'' meets ''Pleasantville'' with elements of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''.
* ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing.''
* ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' is ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' meets ''Series/ManVsWild'' meets ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''.
** ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' is ''Far Cry 3'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator'' meets ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', with laser-shooting dinosaurs.
* ''VideoGame/FarmingSimulator'': ''Farm Tycoon'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Farmville}}'': ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' meets ''Website/{{Facebook}}''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' = ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' + ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsAKing'' = ''Crystal Chronicles'' + ''VideoGame/DarkCloud''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''TacticsOgre''.
** And in terms of plot and feel it's ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' meets EatPrayLove.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' is ''{{VideoGame/Xenoblade}}'' with a car, according to {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}.
* The ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'' series is essentially ''Film/HardBoiled'' meets ''Film/TheRing'' meets ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied''. Each game in the franchise has its own unique elements as well:
** The original ''F.E.A.R.'' is ''Film/DieHard'' meets the above.
** ''F.E.A.R. 2'' is ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets the above, being the most firmly sci-fi esque game in the series.
** ''F.3.A.R.'' is ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' meets the above.
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' is ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' meets ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'' [[RecycledINSPACE in a]] SuckECheeses.
** Gameplay wise, it's ''Granny's Footsteps'' meets ''Night Trap'' with ''[[CreepyPasta The Strangest Security Tape I've Ever Seen]]'' as a FramingDevice.
* ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' described ''VideoGame/FossilFighters'' as ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
* First person exploration-based puzzle game ''FRACT OSC'' is ''{{VideoGame/Myst}}'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Rez}}''.
* ''VideoGame/FragileDreamsFarewellRuinsOfTheMoon'' is ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill''
* ''Free Realms'': ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Neopets}}''
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' can easily be described if Creator/{{Treasure}} made a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' title.
** In particular: ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' meets ''[[VideoGame/GunstarHeroes Gunstar Super Heroes]]''
** Not unlike ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', which is a mish-mash of tropes from Nintendo games, ''Freedom Planet'' is a mish-mash of tropes from UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis games, such as the ''Sonic'' games, ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy'', ''VideoGame/RocketKnightAdventures'', and ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}''.
* ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'': ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''
* ''[=F1 Race Stars=]'' is ''MarioKart'' meets UsefulNotes/FormulaOne.
* ''Gaist Crusher'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
* ''Gan Gan Ganchan'' is ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}'' meets the MazeGame genre.
* ''Gate of Thunder'' is ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' (without the Engrish).
* ''VideoGame/{{GeNeSis}}'' is totally ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', on a Flash game!
* ''VideoGame/{{Genocide}}'' is ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken'' meets ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier'' is essentially ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' with the plot of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''VideoGame/GiantsCitizenKabuto'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WaveRace'' meets the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' meets ''{{Rampage}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' meets ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/DevilMayCry''.
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' meets ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''ClashOfTheTitans''.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' is ''VidoeGame/DoubleDragon'' meets ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian''
** ''Ax Battler: A Golden Axe Legend'' is ''Golden Axe'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun's'' gameplay is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. The story is ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' meets ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology''.
* ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' is ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} NEO'' is ''Life Force/Salamander'' with the weapon system from ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''...[-[[RecycledInSpace FOR THE MOBILE PHONES!]]-]
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} V'' is ''Life Force/Salamander'' meets ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' or ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''.
** Or perhaps ''Gradius NEO'' revamped by the [[{{Creator/Treasure}} same developers]] of ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' or ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars'' is ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'' meets ''crime''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' is ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets TheItalianJob2003 meets OceansEleven.
** The plot feels like the film ''Film/{{Heat}}'' as done by the creators of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' is ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' meets ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer''.
* ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' can be described as FilmNoir meets the Dia de los Muertos.
* ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'' is ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter''
* ''{{VideoGame/Guacamelee}}'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha''
* ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes'' is ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' meets ''VideoGame/MadStalkerFullMetalForce'' with the chaotic action of Capcom's ''[[VideoGame/AlienVsPredatorCapcom Alien vs. Predator]]'' arcade game while taking notes from their ''[[VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsChroniclesOfMystara Dungeon & Dragons]]'' beat 'em ups.
* ''VideoGame/TheGuardianLegend'' is ''VideoGame/{{Aleste}}'' meets ''Golvellius''.
* ''VideoGame/TheGuidedFateParadox'' is ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' meets VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'': Creator/{{Harmonix}} has openly stated that GH is equal parts ''VideoGame/GuitarFreaks'' (concept and peripherals), ''VideoGame/{{Frequency}}'' (game play) and ''VideoGame/KaraokeRevolution'' (visual presentation).
** ''videoGame/GuitarHeroLive'' is ''Guitar Hero'' meets Creator/{{MTV}} (GHTV) and [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems the Sega CD]] (GH Live).
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}} Battle Assault'' is ''Gundam'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' or ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
* ''{{VideoGame/Gunpoint}}'' is ''VideoGame/TheArtOfTheft'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', with ''VideoGame/MarkOfTheNinja'' and ''Franchise/MetalGear'' trying to sneak around the side, and a side order of ''Film/ChinaTown''.
* ''Gyromancer'' is ''Final Fantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}} Twist''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gyruss}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tempest}}''.
** ''[[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html Torus Trooper]]'' is ''Gyruss'' meets ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}''.
* ''[[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games .hack//]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' meets German poetry.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''CaptainAmerica'' by way of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
** Video game Historian/analyst Kieth Fienstien on CNBC described ''Halo'' as ''Franchise/RoboCop'', with Colonial Marines from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', meets ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', with a ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''/''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' subplot.
** Let's not forget ''{{Ringworld}}'', the most obvious one of all for those familiar with it.
* ''VideoGame/HappyWars'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonDefenders'' meets ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers''.
* ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'' is ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' meets ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
* ''Heart of Darkness'' is ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'' meets ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' is ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}''.
* [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOfTaSDW-zs&hd=1 described]] ''VideoGame/HellYeahWrathOfTheDeadRabbit'' as ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' meets ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''.
* ''Series/HellsKitchen'' for the NintendoWii: ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/DinerDash'' meets a looming CGI Gordon Ramsay.
* ''VideoGame/{{Heretic}}'' is basically ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''.
* ''Herobank'' is what you get if ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork'' meets ''Anime/CControl'' with the latter [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on it's meds]].
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' literally came about when New World Computing combined ''VideoGame/KingsBounty'' with ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''.
* ''{{Homefront}}'' is ''Film/RedDawn1984'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''HotelDuskRoom215'' is ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' meets ''Professor Layton''.
** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney'' literally ''is'' Ace Attorney meets Professor Layton.
* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' is the original ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets the mind-screwy side of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''.
** ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' is the original game meets ''Film/PulpFiction''.
* ''[[VideoGame/HotaruNoNikkiTheFireflyDiary htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''. Altenatively, it's Creator/NipponIchi meets IndieGame.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheTowerOfDruaga''.
* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' is, as the name implies, ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''.
** In terms of plot, WordOfGod says it's "''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Film/TheAvengers2012''".
* ''VideoGame/IAmAlive'' is Film/CliffHanger (in a city) meets ''Film/TheRoad''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ibara}}'' is ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Do|nPachi}}DonPachi dai ou jou''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' = ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' + ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage''.
* ''{{Incredipede}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}''
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' is ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' (The soccer setting) meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' (The RPG elements), with the art style from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'', with a similar artstyle to ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'' is ''{{VideoGame/Dota 2}}'' meets the DCUniverse.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ingress}}'' is Website/{{Google}} Maps meets ''TabletopGame/{{Go}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc'' is ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' meets ''{{XCOM}}''.
* The marketing blurbs for ''VideoGame/ImmortalSouls'' describe it as ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', which is close enough for government work.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ironcast}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''VideoGame/BionicDues'' in the style of ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' is ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' meets ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'' is basically ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''.
** And ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' is ''Jak II'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Motorstorm}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Turrican}}''. Indeed, it was inspired by those two games.
* ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' is ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''.
* ''Jewelry Master'' is ''Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* ''Jongbou'', by Creator/{{SNK}}, is ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}}''.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Jump S|uperStars}}tars'' series is ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''Magazine/ShonenJump''.
** Add ''SSB'' to ''Franchise/{{Onimusha}}'' and you get ''VideoGame/OnimushaBladeWarriors''.
** Do the same to ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' to get ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesSmashUp''.
** Mix some ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' and ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' to ''Smash Bros'' and you have ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl's]]'' Subspace Emissary.
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
* ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' is ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' meets ''{{Mercenaries}}'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto,'' thoroughly marinated in RuleOfCool, awesomeness, and an awful lot of StuffBlowingUp.
* ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' is ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Silent Hunter| Series}}'' meets ''Jane's Fleet Command''.
* ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo: Round 2'' is ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}'' with some elements borrowed from ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/KentuckyRouteZero'' is ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' if the Antebellum America motif was jumped forward to a [[TheGreatDepression Great Depression]] motif, those classic cartoon homages were instead homages to 1950s American theater set designs, and the conceit was purgatory as a metaphor for debt instead of purgatory as a metaphor for insecurities.
** ''Or'' It's just [[AdventureGame Adventure Games]] meets {{Main/Theater}}.
* ''VideoGame/KickleCubicle'' is ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfLolo'' meets ''Pengo''.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' is either ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' as written by ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Rick Riordan.]]'', or ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor''[[note]]Air Battle segments[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/SeriousSam''[[note]]Land Battle segments[[/note]] meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''[[note]]Weapon fusion[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''
* ''KingdomHearts'' is [[CrossOver quite literally]] ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
** Alternatively it's ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''.
** On that note, ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' is ''Disney/MickeyMouse'' meets VideoGame/DeusEx and VideoGame/SystemShock.
** ''KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' is Kingdom Hearts meets ''MegaManBattleNetwork''.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' is ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' meets ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}''
* ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' is ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
* ''[[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Kirby]]''
** ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'' is ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|1}}'' meets ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''.
** ''Kirby'' + ''Line Rider'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse''
** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' + ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'' = ''Kirby's Epic Yarn''
** ''Kirby & the Amazing Mirror'' + ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'' + ''Franchise/{{Pikmin}}'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''
* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' is ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' meets ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Based on the division of players into two sides (one "light" but not good, and one dark yet not "evil") that were at war, but have an unstable treaty...
* ''VideoGame/{{Knytt}}'' is ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''VideoGame/{{ICO}}''.
** ''VideoGame/KnyttStories'' is ''VideoGame/{{Knytt}}'' with the atmosphere and flora (and ring world, in the case of ''A Strange Dream'') of ''{{Creatures}}''.
* ''Film/KungFury The Game'' is ''VideoGame/OneFingerDeathPunch'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''.
* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/KnightmareIITheMazeOfGalious''.
* ''VideoGame/LANoire'' is ''Film/LAConfidential'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' is ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''.
* ''[[VideoGame/DanballSenki LBX: Little Battlers eXperience]]'' is ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' meets ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' meets ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''.
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' is ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' meets ''Dracula'' meets ''Shakespeare'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''
* ''VideoGame/LegendaryWings'' is ''VideoGame/{{Xevious}}'' meets ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''.
* ''VideoGame/LegendOfLegaia'' is ''VideoGame/WildArms'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDarkWitch'' is, gameplay-wise, ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' is ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'', with a dose of ''Film/TheMask''. Or ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
*** Or ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Main/GermanExpressionism''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is Zelda with some ''Manga/OnePiece'' elements.
** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' is ''The Legend Of Zelda'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast meets ComicBook/{{Shazam}}.
* ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers 3'' is ''Police 911'' (or ''TimeCrisis'') meets ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune''. To be fair, it's a DolledUpInstallment.
* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/250050/ Life Goes On]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.
* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' is ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' meets ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/GoneHome'', with a dash of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' added in.
* ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' is ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''.
* ''VideoGame/LittleInferno'' is ''Yule Log'' meets ''Amazon Prime''.
* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' is ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}}''
* ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'' is ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
* ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival'' is ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'' meets ''maimai'' but only as a half-circle.
* ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}'' is ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' meets lo-res computer graphics.
* ''{{Lumines}}'' is ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' meets ''Rez''.
** Or ''Planet Puzzle League'' meets ''Beatmania''.
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